NIH Announces a Two-Part Virtual Event, NIH Grants Process Primer: Application to Award (November 13 & 14, 2024) https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2024/09/26/nih-announces-a-two-part-virtual-event-nih-grants-process-primer-application-to-award-november-13-14-2024/
Navigate NIH Grants Policies in FY2025 with Confidence … Webinar Registration Now Open! https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2024/09/04/navigate-nih-grants-policies-in-fy2025-with-confidence-webinar-registration-now-open/
Where health research goes wrong (Politico) America needs "a bold reimagining and reconfiguration" of biological and medical research to ensure that it responds to the health challenges most relevant to Americans, two top experts argue. The National Institutes of Health, the largest federal funder of such research, doesn't offer that, Drs. Victor Dzau, the president of the National Academy of Medicine, and E. Albert Reece, director of the Center for Advanced Research Training and Innovation at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, wrote this week in The New England Journal of Medicine.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/future-pulse/2024/10/04/where-health-research-goes-wrong-00182404
Agencies Chart Progress With Scientific Integrity Policies (Meritalk) A new report out from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) finds that 19 Federal agencies have released updated or new policies to improve scientific integrity in government. https://www.meritalk.com/articles/agencies-chart-progress-with-scientific-integrity-policies/
Strengthening the U.S. Biomedical Research Enterprise Entails National Strategic Coordination, Focus on Health Equity, Says NAM Special Publication (NAM) Although the U.S. is the global leader in biomedical and health research, the research enterprise is currently not achieving all it could be, due to a lack of high-level national coordination and structural issues including a lagging workforce and fragmented funding, says a new special publication from the National Academy of Medicine. These issues, compounded by existing health inequities and rising complex health concerns, threaten the nation's global leadership and the health of the U.S. population. https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2024/10/strengthening-the-u-s-biomedical-research-enterprise-entails-national-strategic-coordination-focus-on-health-equity-says-nam-special-publication
Despite Reputation Drop, American Universities Remain Top-Ranked Globally (Inside Higher Ed) Times Higher Education's 2025 World University Rankings show that while U.S. universities are well represented among top institutions, their collective reputation has declined over the past decade. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/us-colleges-world/2024/10/09/us-universities-drop-reputation-remain-top-ranked?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=690ecf0423-DNU_2021_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-690ecf0423-237850405&mc_cid=690ecf0423&mc_eid=d0f478ff5b
NIH Grant Coming to an End? Complete Closeout Correctly! (NIH Extramural Nexus) Closing out an NIH grant involves both administrative and financial responsibilities to ensure compliance with NIH policies. Learn all about these requirements directly from NIH experts in the recording of our recent Navigating the NIH Grant Closeout Process webinar. https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2024/10/08/nih-grant-coming-to-an-end-complete-closeout-correctly/
How to keep research afloat during an administrative stint (Nature) Leading a university department can slow a researcher's output to a trickle. Scholars who've done it offer strategies to keep research creativity flowing. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03228-1
We cannot adopt a blanket approach to research security (University World News) Today, more attention is aimed at national interests than ever before. Research security plays a vital role in systematically integrating national interests in the research enterprise. However, it is also important to articulate the goals and the processes through which national interests can be achieved and to critically analyse the impact and proportionality of research security measures. https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20241001140316637
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Gloria W. Greene, CRA, MA
SRAI President 2022-2024
SRAI Distinguished Faculty
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Assistant Vice President, Contracts and Grants and Research Compliance
Office of The Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Huntsville, A:L 35899
256-824-2657
greeneg@uah.edu------------------------------